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Alex Pereira’s Devastating Strikes Leave Opponent Blind in Title Bout

Related Topics: Alex Pereira, Khalil Rountree

Blind or not, Khalil Rountree wasn’t about to throw in the towel against Alex Pereira.

Much to the surprise of everyone, Rountree found himself with a shot at the reigning light heavyweight king at UFC 307 in Salt Lake City. Though the announcement left a lot of fans scratching their heads, there was no doubt that the two heavy hitters would deliver an absolutely banger in The Crossroads of the West.

And that’s exactly what they did.

Khalil Rountree
Alex Pereira's Devastating Strikes Leave Opponent Blind in Title Bout 2

For nearly four rounds, ‘Poatan’ and ‘The War Horse’ went toe-to-toe with each fighter landing some big blows on the other.